Cognitive sequelae three months after hydrogen sulphide poisoning;Sequele cognitive nell'intossicazione acuta da idrogeno solforato. Descrizione di un caso clinico

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 322-328

  Fenga, Concettina ^a   Cacciola, A ^b   Micali, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hydrogen Sulphide; Neuropsychological testing; NMR; SPET

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; FATALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION TEST; WORKPLACE; ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANT; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036654014     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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